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Newly released video shows the 98-year-old mother of a Kansas newspaper publisher confronting police officers as they searched her home in a raid that has drawn national scrutiny, at one point demanding: “Get out of my house!”

TOPEKA (KSNT) – A pair of Democratic state lawmakers want to see changes in the way search warrants are issued. This comes after the controversial raid of a Kansas newspaper and the home of its publisher. On Tuesday, State Representatives Vic Miller, of Topeka, and Jason Probst, of Hutchinson, announced plans to introduce legislation that […]

The accounts of a police raid at the Marion County Record, a newspaper in Kansas, are disturbing, not only to newsrooms across the country like ours here in Vineyard Haven, but to democracy worldwide. According to major news outlets, police raided the weekly paper, seizing computers, phones, and other items from reporters, editors, and the […]

DUI leaker never interrogated, from Marion County Record for Aug. 23, 2023

It’s the stuff of a totalitarian regime: Police raided the offices and the home of the publisher of a small-town newspaper known for holding public officials accountable.

The raid on the Marion County Records elderly co-owners home was sparked by Ryan Newell - the estranged husband of the restaurant owner who leaked her DUI information.

The police raid of the Marion County Record continues to raise questions of press freedom in Kansas. Political experts weigh in on the raid.

Joan Meyer’s death, the day after the heavy-handed search, has triggered a nationwide row over press freedom

Oklahoma authorities search a property formerly owned by the Wichita serial killer BTK... a Lawrence man pleads guilty in a fatal DUI crash... Topeka city leaders try to tackle a growing homeless problem... and Kansas schools call off classes due to broken AC systems. More inside.

TOPEKA, Kan. — House Minority Leader Vic Miller said Tuesday he would introduce legislation to take away a magistrate’s power to authorize a search warrant, addressing one problematic aspect of